The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

Researchers from New Zealand have discovered an amazing hidden world of aquatic life 500m below the Ross ice shelf in Antarctica in a vast cathedral-like cavern

New Zealand researchers identified tiny plastics, which can be toxic to plants and animals, in 19 snow samples

Officials say China has blocked efforts to step up protection of emperor penguins that are increasingly threatened by the effects global warming is having on their natural habitat in Antarctica

A bacteria have been discovered in Antarctica with genes that give them natural antibiotic and antim

Opinion: Antarctic research plays an important role for space to this day. Here's what we can learn from more than a century of research at the extremes of Earth.

Strains of a “superpower” bacteria that could cause the world’s next deadly pandemic have been discovered by scientists in Antarctica.

Daniel Ward, 19, will carry out research at the bottom of the globe and feed back findings to locals in his community.

Australian solo sailor Lisa Blair has broken the world record for fastest unassisted circumnavigation of Antarctica.

Figuring out how to feed people in space is a major part of a larger effort to demonstrate the viability of long-term human habitation of extraterrestrial environments. On May 12, 2022, a team of scientists announced that they had successfully grown plants using lunar soil gathered during the Apollo moon…